Mayo Roscommon Hospice Shop to open in Westport

Mayo Roscommon Hospice Shop to open in Westport

The Mayo Roscommon Hospice Foundation is opening a new shop on James Street, Westport, in the next fortnight. It will be the ninth Hospice shop to open, and development officer Lorraine Toner hopes this new shop in the chain will do just as well as the others.
“The support, help and donations we receive for our shops is unbelievable,” said Toner. “People are extremely kind in offering their time and donations.
Our shops are a focal point for Hospice in towns. We aim to provide a customer focused, warm and welcoming shop, where customers can pick up quality clothes at affordable prices.
“Fundraising is a challenging task these days; our Hospice Shops turn kind donations into income, which funds our Specialist Palliative Care Services in Mayo and Roscommon.”  
The foundation is seeking quality donations to get the Westport shop off the ground. It also needs volunteers to donate time, whether that is one hour a week or one a hour a day.

Donations
“The public is very good to us and we would like to assure you that your donations are of the utmost importance to us. What we can’t sell we can send to be recycled, which also generates an income for the shop,” Ms Toner explained.
The shop is also going to sell second-hand surf boards and wet suits, and all old but quality surfing equipment and apparel would be most welcome.
Other items of interest include good quality, clean clothing and shoes (including vintage and retro items); bags and accessories; jewellery and valuables; books; music (CDs, vinyl, DVDs, Blu-rays, musical instruments and sheet music); homewares, including china, kitchenware, ornaments, pictures, collectables; soft furnishings, including small rugs, linen, curtains (must be clean and in good condition); knitted items and blankets; toys and games; wedding dresses and accessories.
For safety and legal reasons, the shops cannot sell a number of items, including electrical goods that run off the mains; medical equipment; anything broken, dirty, incomplete or unsafe; white goods (cookers, washing machines and so on); and safety headgear (such as motorcycle crash helmets). If in doubt, please ask at a local Hospice shop.
Trained volunteers and staff sort and price every item that is donated, working tirelessly to ensure that the garments and donations are presented well and generate income for the foundation.

MORE www.hospice.ie, 0949388666.